Logging hook



P. H. SHAFFER.

LOGGING HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14, 1920.

422 22 Patented July 11, 1922.

PATRICK H. SHAFFER, OF RICHWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA,

ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF 'ro WELLINGTON L. THOMAS, OF RICHWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA.

LOGGING HOOK.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented J uly 11, 1922.

Application filed'April 14, 1920. Serial No. 373,872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK H. SHAFFER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richwood, in the county of Nicholas and State of West Virginia, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Logging Hooks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to logging hooks.

The disadvantage of the logging hooks previously proposed is that the bill when driven into a log formsthe opening in such a manner that the hook can be readily disengaged when the log is jarred as no means is provided to permit the wood to bind on the bill. This also frequently causes splitting ofthe log.

It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a logging hook having a novel form of log entering bill which prevents turning or twisting of the log and prevents breaking of the hook or its connection.

Another object is to provide a log book of this character which may be driven into logs of various kinds of wood without danger of splitting the log. 7

Another object is to provide a logging hook wherein the back of the bill is formed into two upwardly inclined isosceles triangles, the apex of said triangles merging at a point to one side of the center of the back.

Another object is to provide a logging hook including a bill having a flat face, inclined and tapering sides and back to permit the wood fiber to snugly engage the bill at all points and prevent accidental disengagement of the bill from the log.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a logging hook having one end enlarged and provided with an opening, a portion of the enlargement being formed into a spur to assist in the holding operation.

With these and other objects in View the invention consists in the improved construction to be hereinafter more particularly de scribed, fully claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a logging hook constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a bot-tom plan view of the bill.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Flgure t is an end view of the shank and spur.

Referring to drawings 5 indicates the improved form of logging hook formed from a circular or octagon bar and comprising a shank 6 and an enlarged end 7 including a tapering spur 8. An opening 9 is located centrally of the end 7 and has its edges beveled. The sides 10 and ends 11 of the end 7 taper toward the point of the spur 8. An opening 9 is located centrally of the end 7 and has its edges beveled. The spur 8 not only prevents twisting of the hook when the latter is engaged with the log but also reinforces the opening 9 to prevent breaking of the wall of the openings. The edges of the wall are beveled so that danger of the same cutting the connecting means is eliminated. The end portion 12 of the bar is extended back upon the shank at the base thereof in angular relation to the shank 6 and includes flat sides and flat upper and lower surfaces. The extremity of the end portion 12 is formed into a bill 13 having a flat face and sharpened head 14. The back portion 15 of the bill tapers from the end 16 of the shank formation to a spur 17 adjacent the intermediate portion of the back. The portion 18 of the back also tapers from the head 14 to the spur 17. In addition to tapering towards the spur 17 the back portions 15 and 18 incline upwardly toward the spur 17. The sides 19 of the end portion 12 taper from the face of the bill 13 to the back ortions 15 and 19, the sides 19 being slig itly concaved.

By providing a flat faced bill and merging the sides and back thereof into a spur the bill cuts the wood and the tapering sides 19 shove it back. This prevents splitting and leaves the hook absolutely tight at all points in the wood. By tapering and inclining the portion 18 of the back, the head 14 of the bill is always directed under the surface of the log so that through the co-operation of the spur 17 the wood surrounds the bill and prevents accidental disengagement of the hook.

From the foregoing it will be readily seen that this invention provides a novel form of logging hook formed from a single piece of metal notwithstanding the fact that "it possesses numerous means for preventing disengagement of the log from the hook and for facilitating its ilse.

What is claimed is A logging hook consisting of a many-sided shank, one end of said shank being enlarged and formed into a spur, said spur having an opening, the opposite end portion er the shank being curved back toward the first mentioned end portion to provide a substania y V- h pe o k, he last me t oned n portion adjacent the curved portion of the shank forming the bill of the hook, the; back of said bill tapering laterally and longitudinally from the extremity of said bill and the junction of the bill with the shank to a por-' tion centrally of the bill, the sides of said bill being canted inwardly toward said central portion and 'coaeting with the tapering back portions toprovid'e a spur, said spur being. spaced from the bight portion of the V- shap'ed hook, the extremity of the bill be PATRICK H. SHAF FEB. 

